Talgat Musabayev as a backup for the Soyuz TM-13 mission. The patch on his right is for the Kazakh Soviet Republic. As this flight was after the breakup of the Soviet Union, it was a good will gesture to include a Kazakh cosmonaut. The Russian space agency wanted to continue to use Baikonur, which is in Kazakhstan. (1991)
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Soyuz TM 25 backup crew
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